"Noah restores a house for Allie. He writes letter after letter waiting for her. They die holding hands. Talk about idealised love!

"If you believe in it you start to think: I shouldn’t settle for less.

"But most average couples are nothing like that. We are humans, we are fallible. Love is imperfect because we are."

Other movies the pyschotherapist slams include Grease, Dirty Dancing, Notting Hill and even Snow White, as all promote unhealthy notions of love.

Movies on the good list include La La Land and Bridget Jones' Diary.

Romantic expect Jo Barnett says of the latter: "Bridget reveals the neuroses behind a lot of modern women and the insecurities that get in the way of dating. Those are the obstacles that real people have to go through to get a happy relationship."